The pen walks on snow-white paper, like a person walking in the desert, sometimes making a rustling sound, sometimes silently.

There seemed to be a lot of mulberry trees in the Zhaowen Hall in an instant, and a lot of silkworms were raised.

Chen Changsheng held the pen and answered the questions on the scroll seriously, his pen did not go on the scroll, he wrote seriously, stroke by stroke, so serious that he was even a little restrained.

Because of his restraint, he was a little nervous when he looked at it, but in fact his mind was very relaxed, and the countless articles he had read since he was a child, like fallen leaves in the wind, kept passing through his mind, and looking at the topic, he gently plucked a piece from the fallen leaves, and copied it, where it was necessary to think for a long time - the questions that needed to be thought about in order to reach a conclusion had not yet appeared, and in the several test papers that had been seen, there was no knowledge assessment beyond the scope of the Daozang, and the priest who produced the questions had not yet shown the wisdom of countless predecessors for the time being.

Gou Hanshi, who was not far away, put down his pen and rubbed his wrist, and then continued to scroll, his expression calm and relaxed, as if he was taking notes in the study of Lishan.

There was silence in the Zhaowen Hall, only the sound of flipping through the test papers and writing could be heard, and occasionally one or two coughs could be heard, which represented nervousness.

At this time, something happened that no one expected - someone submitted the paper ahead of schedule.

Of course, it's not Gou Hanshi, it's not Chen Changsheng, their pen just fell on the paper and started writing, as the most promising person in the literary exam, at least they have to finish all the question papers, right?

The first to hand in the paper was not Xuanyuan Po - if you are really not good at it, you can simply give up, Tang Thirty-six said to him, this is also what many academy teachers or sect elders say to their disciples, this is the so-called experience - if the martial arts test and battle table are excellent later, even if there is no score in the literary test at all, there is still hope to enter the top three.

Early submission of papers is common in the annual imperial exam, but this year, it is still very surprising that people have submitted their papers early, because it is still too early.

The first person to hand in the paper was the single-clothed young man that Chen Changsheng had been paying attention to. The boy didn't even look at the papers, or rather, as soon as the papers were handed out to his desk, he got up and walked to the examiner's place with them. What's the difference between this and abandoning an exam? This is abandonment.

In the imperial examination in previous years, even if there were many people like Xuanyuan Po, who would directly give up the literary examination with the experience taught by their predecessors and teachers, they would always think of saving some face for the imperial court and the state religion, and at least they would wait in the examination room for half an hour before handing in the papers.

The young man did not hesitate, and gave up the exam directly at the beginning, seemingly completely ignorant of human feelings, the candidates looked at his back, very surprised, and some people showed a gloating look, thinking that the examiner would not leave any good impression on such a candidate, even if he would not attack on the spot.

The boy walked over to the examiner's seat and placed the question paper on the table.

The thick stack of question papers was naturally blank.

Several chief examiners sent by the imperial court and the state religion stared at the young man, silent, and the atmosphere was a little strange.

A priest broke the silence and said in a cold voice, "Are you sure you want to hand in the papers?"

The young man has a delicate appearance, and the biggest feature is that his eyebrows are very thin and flat, looking like a straight line, but they are not ugly, but they look a little indifferent.

Listening to the priest's question, the young man still had no expression on his face, and asked, "Isn't it okay?"

When he spoke, his thin eyebrows were slightly raised, and he seemed a little bored, and he seemed to dislike talking to people very much.

His voice was as light as ice, his tone was as flat as the wilderness, and his speed was slow, as if he was jumping out word by word, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

The priest frowned slightly, and said with some displeasure: "According to the rules of the Great Imperial Examination, it is naturally possible to submit the papers in advance, but ......"

Without waiting for the priest to finish, the young man said, "I'll hand in the papers." ”

The speed of speech is still very slow, the tone is still very flat, the love is still very cold, the meaning of the expression is very clear, and the will is very firm, that is, there is nothing but.

The priest glanced at the blank question paper and said nothing more. Another examiner reprimanded sharply: "You can't get into the second class now, but if you are a little ashamed, you should also feel ashamed, you are still so proud, I really don't know how your teacher taught you!"

The young man, still expressionless, did not reply.

He didn't have a division commander, he came to participate in the Great Dynasty Test, just to participate in the battle, he wanted to defeat everyone, especially the little girl in the White Emperor City, and once again told himself that he was the strongest, as for the first place in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the National Religion selection, he didn't care at all.

Later, someone left the Zhaowen Hall with the boy and went to the venue of the martial arts test.

Hundreds of candidates in the hall watched the young man drift away, and their eyes were a little complicated.

Gou Hanshi faintly guessed who the young man was, and his expression became a little solemn.

Zhuang Changyu raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression was still calm, but there was some uneasiness in the depths of his eyes.

Half an hour later, candidates handed in their papers one after another.

Those candidates were taken away from the Zhaowen Hall by the officials, and walked along the Shinto Road in the palace for a long time, and then came to the place of the martial arts test, Chaoyang Garden.

Chaoyang Garden is a large garden in the east of the palace, when the spring and the scenery are bright, countless pieces of grass are green like the sea, countless trees carry the secluded forest, hear the birdsong in the morning, watch the winding water at dusk, the scenery is extremely beautiful, the cold winter has just passed at this time, the spring is coming, the grass is slightly yellow, but the scenery is still very charming.

What is the real intention of the Great Pilgrimage Test?

Selecting talents for the state religion and the imperial court, and setting the threshold for the enlightenment of the Heavenly Book Tomb? Yes, these are all these, but the ultimate purpose of the Great Imperial Examination is to select and then cultivate more and more truly talented young people, and reserve follow-up forces for the war with the demons.

The single combat power of the demon race is too strong, and the human and demon races can only rely on the advantage of numbers to compete hard, since thousands of years ago, people have realized that only by cultivating more peerless powerhouses in the true sense of the word, can they gain a real and overwhelming advantage in this war.

In the long road of cultivation, the passage is the most important threshold, as long as it crosses this threshold, it will become the focus of attention in the human world, but age is also a very important reference value, a thirty-year-old sitting in the upper realm, the importance of the human world, far less than the thirteen-year-old sitting in the first realm, this is the truth that everyone understands, otherwise, even if you are eight hundred years old, you finally enter the Gathering Stars Realm, but you have run out of oil, and it is no longer possible to enter the highest realms, what is the significance of this war with the demons?

Therefore, just like the list of heaven, earth and people promulgated by Tianji Pavilion, the Great Dynasty Examination values the potential and talent of candidates the most, and looks at the future. Talent and potential are actually the same thing in a sense, but the latter has more subjective initiative factors than the former.

The martial test is the most direct means for the Great Dynasty to achieve its own goals.

Geniuses like Xu Yourong and Luoluo, the bloodline talent they have is innate, and they don't need or can be examined, but their abilities can be examined. The first is the strength of the divine consciousness, which determines the distance of the candidate's destined star and determines the efficiency of the cultivation per unit of time. The second is the number of true elements, which is related to the candidate's diligence and the efficiency of perceiving heaven and earth.

Under the leadership of the officials, the candidates walked through the Chaoyang Garden, to the easternmost and deepest, they did not see the first teenager to hand in the paper, only saw the holly bushes in front of them about two people high, trimmed extremely flat, some Kyoto candidates know the origin of this green woods, only to understand that this year's martial arts test is actually such a content, and they can't help but let out a silent wail in their hearts.

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Not to mention the candidates who are preparing to participate in the martial arts examination, what kind of difficult situation they are facing, the literary examination in the Zhaowen Hall is still continuing, some students bite the tail of the pen, their faces are pale, as if they may faint at any time, and some students are sweating in the cold early spring weather, and there is a faint heat on their bodies, and the atmosphere in the field is particularly depressing.

-- The questions in this year's essay examination are too difficult, and the knowledge involved is too much and too deep, far more than in previous years. No matter how hard you rack your brains, after all, manpower is sometimes poor, and there are constantly candidates who lose the battle with the questioners and submit the papers in advance, and then, there will be cries from time to time behind the Zhaowen Palace.

The eyes of the chief examiner and the priests fell more and more on Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng, but the two of them seemed to be unaware and continued to work on the question paper, and the pen in their hands did not pause.

With the passage of time, there were only more than ten people left in the Zhaowen Palace, most of the seats had been removed, and the room was even more empty and deserted, and even the remaining people had already given up the answers to the last few pages of the question paper, and began to seriously check the previous answers, hoping that there would be no undue mistakes, Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng were still answering the questions.

The sun in early spring moved from the horizon to the middle, and there were fewer and fewer people who were still participating in the literary exam, even the four young scholars of Tianhai Shengxue and Huaiyuan had already finished answering the questions, and Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng continued to answer the questions in silence, and they had already answered the last page at this time.

The chief examiners and priests in the hall could no longer sit in peace, so they left the tables and chairs one after another, and came to the room with tea, because they were worried about affecting the two of them to answer the questions, so they did not get too close, and watched this scene that was extremely difficult to appear in the imperial examination from a distance, no one made any sound, and the expression on their faces became more and more exciting.

-- In the past few years, no one has ever been able to complete all the questions in the literary examination. Because the people who came out of the literary examination are all old priests who have studied the Taoist scriptures in the palace, those old priests or ordinary cultivation realms, and they have no power, but they have been buried in the pile of old papers all their lives, and they are extremely knowledgeable, and they are used to writing some of the most difficult questions in the last few pages of the question papers to prove their worth, and those question papers are extremely difficult for these knowledgeable old priests to answer alone, not to mention those students who come to take the literary examination.

Gou Hanshi is known as reading through the Daozang, and Chen Changsheng now has the same praise, or it is precisely because of this that those erudite old priests in the palace are enraged, and the questions of this year's Great Dynasty Examination are much more difficult than in previous years, especially the last few pages of the question paper, which are even more profound and biased to the extreme, just to embarrass Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng.

The examiner and those priests knew very well the inside story of this year's literary exam, and at this time, seeing that Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng actually answered the last page, they seemed to be able to complete all the question papers, and they were naturally shocked.

Tianhai Shengxue has already handed in the papers, he stood at the door of the palace, looked back at Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng who were still answering the questions in the hall, frowned and said nothing, as the most promising heir of the Tianhai family, he has never relaxed his requirements for himself, but the last few pages of the question paper are too difficult, he can't understand why Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng can continue to answer the questions, is there really such a big gap between the two sides in terms of knowledge?

The scholars of Huaiyuan counted down to hand in the papers, and it stands to reason that they should be proud enough, but looking at the two people who were still holding the pen and writing in the middle of the field, they couldn't give birth to this kind of feeling, and they were not surprised that Gou Hanshi, who was known outside the scientific name, could persist until now, but they thought that the young man named Chen Changsheng would definitely not be able to make the last few pages of the question paper, and he must be a cause of vanity, and he refused to leave, and his face couldn't help but show a mocking look.

I don't know how long it has been.

The sound of clothes rubbing against tables and chairs sounded in the quiet Zhaowen Hall, and the sound of discussion and faint restlessness could no longer be suppressed, and sounded from the easterly position.

Gou Hanshi finished answering the question and stood up.

Almost at the same time, there was also the sound of tables and chairs moving in the west, and the sound of sorting out the question papers.

People looked over there and saw Chen Changsheng holding the question paper in his arms, preparing to hand in the paper.

Silence reappeared in the temple.

Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng looked at each other quietly at a distance of more than ten zhang, and then bowed slightly.

From the time the bell rang, they saw each other for the first time, and of course, they knew each other all along.

The literary test ended, and the silent array outside the Zhaowen Hall withdrew, and a sound like a wave poured in.

The people who came to see the Great Pilgrimage were stopped at a long distance, but even so, the sound still reached the room, and you can imagine how lively it must have been at this time.

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Looking at the lively people, at this time they had already learned the specific situation of the literary examination, and knew that Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng actually handed in the paper in the end, and actually answered all the questions in the question paper.

Gou Han's food is famous all over the world, it is the first hit in the literary test, and it is very respected by the world, but after all, he is a young man from the south, although Chen Changsheng offended all the young men in Kyoto because of his marriage contract with Xu Yourong and the story of the autumn rain, but after all, he is a Zhou person, at this time, he has become the representative of the people of Kyoto, the pride of the Zhou people, and most of the people are cheering for him.

Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng couldn't hear what the people in the distance were shouting, so they took the hand towels handed by the deacons, wet them in the basin of clear water, washed their faces and hands, tidied up, and walked out of the Zhaowen Hall under the leadership of the officials.

Walking to the green tree in front of the Shinto, Gou Hanshi asked him: "Although Zhou is an old state, his fate is the only reason, what do you think of this question?"

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(I've had a lot of ideals, one of them, is to be a scholar, but unfortunately I don't have that ability, then, I can only use the story to fulfill my wish, hehe, fight for it before eleven o'clock in the next chapter, thank you for voting for the monthly ticket today, I will write it well.) ）